The book of Dene, Deane, AdeaneA genealogical history . The Badge of Dene. ACH branch of the Dene family has from timeto time changed or altered its armorial bear-ings, but there is a badge peculiar to thename that has belonged to it from first to is the raven which sits on thesummit of Peter de Denes window in YorkCathedral; marked the resting-place of Henry,Archbishop of Canterbury, until rude hands pillaged thebrass ; and was conspicuous on the state hearse of the General-at-Sea. The raven of heraldry is the famous raefan of the Danes,and Ralph the familiar name of the bird of con


The book of Dene, Deane, AdeaneA genealogical history . The Badge of Dene. ACH branch of the Dene family has from timeto time changed or altered its armorial bear-ings, but there is a badge peculiar to thename that has belonged to it from first to is the raven which sits on thesummit of Peter de Denes window in YorkCathedral; marked the resting-place of Henry,Archbishop of Canterbury, until rude hands pillaged thebrass ; and was conspicuous on the state hearse of the General-at-Sea. The raven of heraldry is the famous raefan of the Danes,and Ralph the familiar name of the bird of constancy, and Hugh ( Hugin ) the appellation of one of Odins sacredravens, have always been favourite names among the may have been chosen as a punning device, for evennow Deane in Berkshire is called Dane ; or supposing thetwo roots of the name to have really but one origin, it maywell be that, proud of their descent from the ancient Kings ofDenmark, as they must have been, they adopted the Scan-dinavian bird as their totem, even before they


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